# library.forgemesh.io Plays/Films/Dramas Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io Plays/Films/Dramas Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain plays, films, and dramatic works with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/plays-films-dramas
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-plays-films-dramas-shelf-1271fd01
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_lnkCwcHZyRMASTP9-KMkA

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability library-forgemesh-io-plays-films-dramas-shelf-1271fd01 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you show me the top 30 public-domain plays and dramas available on the library.forgemesh.io shelf, so I can browse titles like The Importance of Being Earnest and Pygmalion?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain dramatic works (plays, films, scripts) with links for full-text access, and you don't want to deal with licensing or API keys. It is best for browsing or cataloging classic drama — not for querying specific passages (use the book-specific Q&A sibling endpoints for that), and not for poetry, history, or science texts (use the genre-specific sibling shelves).

## Known failure modes

- limit exceeds 50 — server may reject or cap at maximum
- payment not processed (x402) — request blocked without valid USDC micropayment
- malformed request body — 400 error if limit is non-integer
- service unavailable — 5xx if upstream library index is down

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Plays/Films/Dramas — 1668 public-domain books including Romeo and Juliet, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain plays/dramatic works, each with title, author, and drill-down route URLs for full-text retrieval. The list is ordered by historical popularity and requires no authentication or license.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "books": [
   {
    "year": null,
    "title": "Romeo and Juliet",
    "author": "Shakespeare, William",
    "book_id": 1513,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 103120
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Plays/Films/Dramas",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-plays-films-dramas-shelf-1271fd01/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from library.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/library.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)